{"sf1_id":2085744,"sf2_id":"B1QbAKze","title":"Adrift","author":"Xoka Moon Daimon","words":208,"posted_at":"2023-12-24T03:01:00.000Z","tags":["Alien","Depressing","Depression","Moon","Post-Apocalyptic","Sci-Fi","Space","Story","emptiness","survival","tusks"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2085744-adrift","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/B1QbAKze","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/38/4e/384e57f9-c07d-46db-bb0a-ba89d690f460","description":"#2 of Scraps of Story Scenes\n\nlone survivor on a moon base, gets a message of a possible rescue ship.","content":"The klaxon alarm that heralded the evacuation of Terra Prime still haunts my dreams.\u0026nbsp; Even though I am a safe colonist on Lunar Prime.\u0026nbsp; The desolate floating of everything on this rock feels like the primal birth of something voidal, gaping, and incessant. Like a fly buzzing just on the outside of your perception barrier.\u0026nbsp; Taunting and also easy to dismiss with enough distraction. The trouble is, distractions like food rations, and lavatory tickets,\u0026nbsp; run out.\u0026nbsp; And you are left with the mundane filth of your madness.\u0026nbsp; Buzzing against your skin like musk layered on musk for days,\u0026nbsp; weeks, months.\n\nMaybe longer.\n\nI hardly leave my abode cell.\u0026nbsp; My tusks are starting to get brittle. Flaking chips of bone if I breathe too hard.\u0026nbsp; I am startled out of sleep one day by a message on my viewscreen, nearly blinding me as the notification icon flashes on my visor.\u0026nbsp;\n\n_Survivor of Lunar Mission Ceti One_\n\n_We received your distress signal.\u0026nbsp; We should be within orbit within six hours of this message.\u0026nbsp; Our mechanic died of fever three days ago.\u0026nbsp; Bad news for him. Good news for you.\u0026nbsp; One seat is available for you.\u0026nbsp; Be ready Survivor of Lunar Mission Ceti One. Six Hours._\n\n_Jeddite Defense Council\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_Quadrant 1188_\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Vignettes of the Xoka Verse","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2024132-of-lava-and-lamb.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2085818-tales-from-the-dust-district.json"}}